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PHYS 3446 – Lecture #14

PHYS 3446 – Lecture #14. Wednesday, Oct. 27, 2010 Dr. Andrew Brandt. Test Review Particle Detection Ionization detectors. HW6. CH 6 problems 1,2,3,4,7,9 Due Monday 11/1. Project: Subjects. Quark-Gluon Plasma (RHIC) Higgs Boson Theory Higgs Boson Searches at LEP

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PHYS 3446 – Lecture #14

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  1. PHYS 3446 – Lecture #14 Wednesday, Oct. 27, 2010 Dr. Andrew Brandt • Test Review • Particle Detection • Ionization detectors PHYS 3446, Fall 2010 Andrew Brandt

  2. HW6 • CH 6 problems 1,2,3,4,7,9 • Due Monday 11/1 PHYS 3446, Fall 2010 Andrew Brandt

  3. Project: Subjects • Quark-Gluon Plasma (RHIC) • Higgs Boson Theory • Higgs Boson Searches at LEP • Higgs Boson Searches at DZero • Higgs Boson Searches at CMS • Beyond the Standard Model Higgs rumors and CDF search • Supersymmetry or Blackhole Searches at ATLAS • Solar Neutrino Deficit • Long baseline neutrino experiments (neutrino mass) • G-2 experiments • HERA experiments: diffraction/large rapidity gaps PHYS 3446, Fall 2010 Andrew Brandt

  4. Calorimeter (dense) Muon Tracks Charged Particle Tracks Energy Scintillating Fiber Silicon Tracking Interaction Point Ä B EM hadronic Magnet Wire Chambers Particle Detection electron photon jet muon We know x,y starting momenta is zero, but along the z axis it is not, so many of our measurements are in the xy plane, or transverse neutrino -- or any non-interacting particle missing transverse momentum PHYS 3446, Fall 2010 Andrew Brandt

  5. Ionization Detectors • Measure the ionization produced when particles traverse a medium • Can be used to • Track charged particles path through the medium • Measure the energy loss (dE/dx) of the incident particle • Must prevent re-combination of an ion and electron pair into an atom after the ionization • Apply high electric field across medium • Separates charges and accelerates electrons PHYS 3446, Fall 2010 Andrew Brandt

  6. Ionization Detectors – Chamber Structure • Basic ionization detector consist of • A chamber with an easily ionizable medium • The medium must be chemically stable and should not absorb ionization electrons • Should have low ionization potential (`I )  To maximize the amount of ionization produced per given energy • A cathode and an anode held at some large potential difference • The device is characterized by a capacitance determined by its geometry PHYS 3446, Fall 2010 Andrew Brandt

  7. Ionization Detectors – Chamber Structure Cathode: Negative • The ionization electrons and ions drift to their corresponding electrodes, the anode and the cathode • Provide small currents that flow through the resistor • The current causes voltage drop that can be sensed by the amplifier • Amplifier signal can be analyzed to obtain pulse height that is related to the total amount of ionization Anode: Positive PHYS 3446, Fall 2010 Andrew Brandt

  8. Ionization Detectors – HV • Depending on the magnitude of the electric field across the medium different behaviors are expected • Recombination region: Low electric field • Ionization region: Medium voltage that prevents recombination • Proportional region: large enough HV to cause acceleration of ionization electrons and additional ionization of atoms • Geiger-operating region: Sufficiently high voltage that can cause large avalanche if electron and ion pair production that leads to a discharge • Discharge region: HV beyond Geiger operating region, no longer usable Flat!!! Flat!!! PHYS 3446, Fall 2010 Andrew Brandt

  9. Ionization Counters • Operate at relatively low voltage (in ionization region of HV) • Generate no amplification of the original signal • Output pulses for minimum ionizing particle is small • Insensitive to voltage variation • Have short recovery time  Used in high interaction rate environment • Linear response to input signal • Excellent energy resolution • Liquid argon ionization chambers used for sampling calorimeters • Gaseous ionization chambers are useful for monitoring high level of radiation, such as alpha decay PHYS 3446, Fall 2010 Andrew Brandt

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